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Ducks1160 Posted 17 years ago
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Conjunctive adverbs
How do you punctuate the following sentence?
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
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Hi, How do you punctuate the following sentence? He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy , then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant. But if I wanted to write this sentence carefully, I'd write this.
- Hi, How do you punctuate the following sentence?
- He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy , then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
- But if I wanted to write this sentence carefully, I'd write this.
- He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders , and leaned his weight onto the boy , and then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
How do you punctuate the following sentence?
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy, then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
But if I wanted to write this sentence carefully, I'd write this.
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders,
How do you punctuate the following sentence?
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders and leaned his weight onto the boy, then whispered into Angry Face’s ear that he had found the secret to kill the Night Giant.
But if I wanted to write this sentence carefully, I'd write this.
He wrapped his arm around Angry Face’s shoulders,
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(1) ...his weight onto the boy's body; then, he whispered....(2) Less formally and perhaps more smoothly: ...his weight onto the boy's body, and then he whispered....
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